This is quite a broad category, so we’ve broken it down into a number of sub-categories. Arts, Celebrations and Rituals play a central role in our Community culture, and here you’ll find stories that concern these activities.
THE CONCEPTION AND BUILDING OF THE UNIVERSAL HALL Eileen received guidance to build a meeting place for the community, and that I was to design it. It’s miraculous how the building all came together, considering
THE UNIVERSAL HALL A Sacred Building The Universal Hall is on a power point formed by a sacred triangle of ley lines with Iona and Glastonbury. The Universal Hall is a sacred building built on
THE UNIVERSAL HALL Mulling a lecture and discussion on Findhorn and esoteric questions, one evening late, I leave my Guest Group, walk alone down an unlighted black path. On impulse I stop, turn
GIGS IN THE HALL The Universal Hall’s ability to hold large sell out concerts developed in the mid-90s as a result of Mike Scott living in the community and the Hall team promoting
PLAYBACK THEATRE The Findhorn Playback Company came into being to serve the Forgiveness Conference in 1999 and from then began to perform at a variety of conferences and community events. These have included
ARTIST IN COMMUNITY In 2002 I came to live here in one of the new ecohouses to start work as a full-time artist. I had spent 20 years occasionally painting in watercolours but
RITUALS IN COMMUNITY The Wheel of the Solar Year Before chronological time, mythic time was counted in cycles that reflected the movements of the cosmos. So the Celtic wheel of the year is the story
PHOTOGRAPHY AS A VEHICLE FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH When I arrived at Findhorn I had already been doing photography for several years, having received a BFA in Photography and studied extensively with a teacher whose approach
A WORK DEPARTMENT Gay Smith and Marijke Wilhelmus with the kiln at Findhorn Pottery The Findhorn Pottery as a department was heavenly hard work. In the autumn of 1976 with Craig Gibsone focalising,
The Findhorn Pottery In 1969 Eileen Caddy received guidance to build four arts and crafts studios in The Park. In 1970 Findhorn Studios Limited was formed to run them. The first studio, the Findhorn Pottery,
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Grew up in England, came to the Community in 1970, after having been a Benedictine novice monk for 5 years, and an art teacher. Founded the Findhorn Pottery, gifted potter, painter and cook.
